Zeus: reading kinship through sources
Theogony names Rhea and Kronos as parents; Iliad Book V uses Aphrodite’s relationship to Zeus in another narrative context.
Also known as: Zeus · Jove · Jupiter · ซุส · ซีอุส
One figure does not turn every source into one version
Hesiod lists Zeus among the children of Rhea and Kronos, then describes a plan to conceal his birth. This relationship is grounded directly in Theogony.
In Iliad Book V, Aphrodite is called a daughter of Zeus. Both sources can appear in one database, provided each relationship retains its own source version.
Jove, the name used in Butler’s translation, is a search alias. Search convenience does not establish that every Greek and Roman tradition is identical.
Claims and evidence
Zeus is a child of Rhea and Kronos in Theogony.
The Iliad calls Aphrodite a daughter of Zeus.
Relationships by source version
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony — H. G. Evelyn-White (1914)
Theogony 453–500
Source accessed 2026-10-28 - Homer, Iliad, Book V — Samuel Butler
Book V: Aphrodite wounded by Diomedes and comforted by Dione; Greek line references 370–430. Butler uses Venus/Jove for Aphrodite/Zeus.
Source accessed 2026-10-28
